Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Music legend Joni Mitchell's former Malibu beach house has been put on the market for $26.99 million—listing for the first time in nearly 40 years. The property was custom-designed for the "Big Yellow Taxi" singer, who purchased beachfront land in the early 1980s, then commissioned acclaimed archite

A spectacular legacy ranch spanning 88,000 acres over two states has sold for near its eye-popping asking price of $127.5 million. The Freeman Ranches, which had been in the Freeman ranching family for four generations, is one of the largest land offerings in the Panhandle region in several years. T

"Ransom Canyon" star Josh Duhamel has officially closed on the sale of his Los Angeles home, offloading the picturesque property for $3.4 million—more than $400,000 over his asking price. Duhamel, 53, listed his longtime residence for $2.99 million on June 25. Within days, the listing was updated to

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" star Anson Mount has enjoyed the kind of prolonged Hollywood success that few actors manage to achieve—and he's done it despite turning his back on the L.A. lifestyle entirely. Mount, 53, began his acting career in the late 1990s, but shot to global fame in 2002, when

Mortgage rates continued their ascent this week, climbing to a new 11-month high as the escalating conflict with Iran puts upward pressure on oil prices. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans reached 6.58% for the week ending July 23, up 3 basis points from 6.55% the previous week and the hig

A stunning Los Angeles home that Diane Keaton spent years carefully transforming has come under offer—nine months after the beloved "Annie Hall" star passed away. Keaton, who died in October 2025 at the age of 79, purchased the property for $4.7 million in 2011 and spent years building her dream abo

The typical California homeowner with a mortgage now has $626,900 in home equity, according to new data. That's roughly twice the national average of $310,500—and enough to purchase the median-priced home outright in 48 states. There’s just one catch: That wealth goes further almost anywhere but Cal

NFL legend Myles Garrett has put his Ohio home on the market for $2.1 million, just a few weeks after it was revealed that he had been traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams in what was described as a "landscape-altering" move. The 30-year-old purchased his Cleveland-area home for

The 2026 FIFA World Cup attracted new fans to the sport and generated more than a billion dollars in revenue for vacation rental hosts in host cities, though some cities saw greater windfalls than others. Short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms in host cities generated $1.33 billion in reve

Nearly 1 in 4 homes in America faces climate risk as wind, floods, and wildfires take their toll, according to new Realtor.com® analysis. In total, $11.2 trillion in residential real estate is exposed to at least one type of severe or extreme weather disaster risk, including storms and wildfires. An

Rapper Snow Tha Product is an independent artist who has achieved mainstream success collaborating on blockbuster soundtracks like “The Hamilton Mixtape” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”—but instead of being entrenched in Los Angeles like so many other musicians, she’s able to run her entire mus

A ransomware group posts a lender’s name on a dark web leak site. Terabytes of loan files,  Social Security numbers, bank account details, employee records. The clock the public sees starts there. The clock that matters started weeks or months earlier, the day the intrusion was detected. And in the

In the mortgage industry, no word carries more stigma than subprime. For anyone who lived through 2008, it brings up memories of falling home values, rising foreclosures and a financial system that nearly came apart at the seams. Pinning that same reputation on non-QM lending is a mistake the indust

When rates surged and the mortgage market shifted almost overnight, lenders were forced into difficult decisions. Growth plans changed. Costs were reassessed. Teams had to adapt quickly to a different operating reality. At Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, that moment reinforced a simple truth: While mar

The 121-year-old cottage near Ken Griffin’s future Citadel headquarters in Brickell is getting a new home. Dade Heritage Trust, the nonprofit that leases the cottage on the City of Miami-owned land at 190 Southeast 12th Terrace, will be moving its headquarters to Coconut Grove, executive director Ch

Southwest Airlines reported a more than 9% increase in second-quarter profit as higher fares are increasingly helping the airline cover its fuel tab.

A luxurious Vermont mansion that features a climate-controlled underground tunnel, reinforced concrete vault, and a host of over-the-top amenities has been put on the auction block—with no minimum bid and no reserve. ​That means that the homeowners, Adam and Sarah Hergenrother, are handing over the

Last week, top broker Joel Lusky brokered two deal deals in North Miami on the same day totaling $36.5 million in combined dollar volume. Both home sales set records for their respective neighborhoods.  The sales, in the dead of summer, speak to the steady stream of luxury and ultra-luxury deals clo

A House Judiciary subcommittee is pressing Compass International Holdings and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to explain their nationwide private listing network partnership, citing concerns that the arrangement could limit transparency, reduce competition and harm homebuyers and sellers. The House

The fate of Robert Rivani‘s proposed $50 million rooftop expansion and 106-year lease extension for the Miami Beach office building that will house Playboy’s headquarters is in the hands of Miami Beach voters. Miami Beach commissioners approved the measure for The Rivani office building at 1691 Mich